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    This document lists and briefly describes several relevant laws and provisions applicable to criminal investigation in the Philippines. It outlines the organic acts that established the Philippine Constabulary and its duties as a national police force. It also discusses laws that integrated police forces at the national and provincial levels, placed the National Police Commission under the Ministry of National Defense, and eventually dissolved the Philippine Constabulary to establish the current Philippine National Police under the Department of Interior and Local Government. Finally, it mentions sections of the 1987 Philippine Constitution dealing with rights of those under criminal investigation and establishing the national scope and civilian character of the country's police force.

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    This document lists and briefly describes several relevant laws and provisions applicable to criminal investigation in the Philippines. It outlines the organic acts that established the Philippine Constabulary and its duties as a national police force. It also discusses laws that integrated police forces at the national and provincial levels, placed the National Police Commission under the Ministry of National Defense, and eventually dissolved the Philippine Constabulary to establish the current Philippine National Police under the Department of Interior and Local Government. Finally, it mentions sections of the 1987 Philippine Constitution dealing with rights of those under criminal investigation and establishing the national scope and civilian character of the country's police force.

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    This document lists and briefly describes several relevant laws and provisions applicable to criminal investigation in the Philippines. It outlines the organic acts that established the Philippine Constabulary and its duties as a national police force. It also discusses laws that integrated police forces at the national and provincial levels, placed the National Police Commission under the Ministry of National Defense, and eventually dissolved the Philippine Constabulary to establish the current Philippine National Police under the Department of Interior and Local Government. Finally, it mentions sections of the 1987 Philippine Constitution dealing with rights of those under criminal investigation and establishing the national scope and civilian character of the country's police force.

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    This document lists and briefly describes several relevant laws and provisions applicable to criminal investigation in the Philippines. It outlines the organic acts that established the Philippine Constabulary and its duties as a national police force. It also discusses laws that integrated police forces at the national and provincial levels, placed the National Police Commission under the Ministry of National Defense, and eventually dissolved the Philippine Constabulary to establish the current Philippine National Police under the Department of Interior and Local Government. Finally, it mentions sections of the 1987 Philippine Constitution dealing with rights of those under criminal investigation and establishing the national scope and civilian character of the country's police force.

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    UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS

    College of Criminal Justice Education

    RELEVANT LAWS/ PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

    ACT No. 175. The law that establishes the Insular Police Force which was entitled “An Act
    Providing For The Organization And Government of an Insular Constabulary.” It is the organic act
    creating the Philippine Constabulary (PC). Approved July 18, 1901.
    ACT No. 225. This is the law which established the Philippine Constabulary. Approved October 3,
    1901.
    REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1917, SECTION 825. The Law stated that the
    Philippine Constabulary is a national Police Institution for preserving the peace, keeping the order
    and enforcing the law.
    RA No. 4864. The law otherwise known as the Police Act of 1966, It created the Office of the Police
    Commission (now National Police Commission). It was under the Office of the President and was
    created as the supervisory agency to oversee the training and professionalization of the local Police
    forces.
    Proclamation No. 1081 was the date of declaration of Martial Law in the country by the former
    president of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos on September 21, 1972. Consequently, military
    officers from the Philippine Constabulary (PC) were designated as Officers-in-Charge of the
    respective police department of the different cities and municipalities and took control of the
    supervision, administration and operation thereof. Those were the days where a young first lieutenant
    of the PC requires a peace officer with a higher rank including the chief of police to salute him.
    PD No. 421. This is the law that integrates the police force in greater scope in Manila area to test its
    effectiveness particularly the first four cities: Manila, Quezon, Caloocan and Pasay. It was Mayor
    Arsenio Lacson who proposed the idea that police should be integrated.
    PD No. 482. The law that integrates the police force in the provincial level particularly the provinces
    of Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, and Misamis Oriental. This was approved June 13, 1974.
    PD No. 765. The law which stipulated that the office of the National Police Commission was under
    the office of the Ministry of the National Defense (now Department of National Defense). Approved
    August 8, 1975.
    RA No. 6975. The law otherwise known as the Department of Interior and Local Government
    (DILG) Act of 1990. This is the law that created the PNP and subsequently dissolving the PC whose
    officers and rank and file were given the privilege either to join the AFP or the PNP within the period
    as provided therein.
    RA No. 8551. This law is known as The PNP Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998 which is at
    present is the operational law that governs over the PNP. This was approved February 25, 1998.
    1987 PHIL CONSTITUTION, Art 3, Sec. 12(1). “Any person under investigation for the
    commission of an offense shall have the right to be informed of his right to remain silent and to have
    a competent and independent counsel preferably of his choice. If the person cannot afford the services
    of a counsel, he must be provided with one. These rights cannot be waived EXCEPT in writing,
    signed and in the presence of a counsel.”
    1987 PHIL CONSTITUTION, Art 16, Sec 6. “The state established and maintained one police
    force, which shall be National in Scope and Civilian in Character, to be administered and controlled
    by the National Police Commission. The authority of the local executives over the police shall be
    provided by law.”
    RA No. 7438. An act defining certain rights of person arrested, detained or under custodial
    investigation as well as the duties of the arresting, detaining, and investigation officers and providing
    penalties for violation thereof.

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